Skip to main content

Marfeldt Photography

Lost building or monument · 1944

Raadi manor, first home of the National Museum

On the edge of Tartu stood Raadi manor, the home of the Liphart family, Baltic German nobles famous as art collectors. They left during the First World War, the university took over the estate, and from 1922 its buildings housed the Estonian National Museum, which soon grew popular. In 1940 the Soviet authorities requisitioned 100 hectares for an airfield that became a major bomber base for some fifty years. In 1944, during the Tartu Offensive, the main house caught fire in a bombing raid and was destroyed. The manor park is open to the public, the ice house and gatehouse have been restored, and the new National Museum building stands at the end of the old runway.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Tartu serval seisis Raadi mõis, baltisaksa aadlisuguvõsa Lipphartide kodu, kes olid tuntud kunstikogujad. Nad lahkusid Esimese maailmasõja ajal, mõisa võttis üle ülikool ning alates 1922. aastast asus selle hoonetes Eesti Rahva Muuseum, mis muutus peagi populaarseks. 1940. aastal võtsid Nõukogude võimud 100 hektarit lennuvälja alla, millest sai umbes viiekümneks aastaks suur pommituslennukite baas. 1944. aastal, Tartu pealetungi ajal, süttis peahoone pommirünnakus ja hävis. Mõisapark on avalik, jääkelder ja väravamaja on taastatud ning Eesti Rahva Muuseumi uus hoone seisab vana lennuraja otsas.

Map of the area around Raadi manor, first home of the National Museum
58.39924° N, 26.74098° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Wikipedia ↗

More stories nearby

Stay or walk nearby

Translate »